{"id":104301,"date":"2025-06-24T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=104301"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:23:16","slug":"vickery-trinkaus-randall-phd-and-steven-borkan-md-receive-1-6m-medical-scientist-training-program-mstp-award-to-train-md-phd-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2025\/06\/24\/vickery-trinkaus-randall-phd-and-steven-borkan-md-receive-1-6m-medical-scientist-training-program-mstp-award-to-train-md-phd-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, and Steven Borkan, MD, Receive $1.6M Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Award to Train MD\/PhD Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"head\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/trinkhaus-randall-and-borkan-receive-1-6m-t32-award-to-train-physician-scientists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read full article<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104302\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-50-636x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"254\" class=\"wp-image-104302 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-50-636x254.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-50-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-50-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-50-1536x614.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-50.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drs. Trinkaus-Randall and Borkan serve as co-directors of the BU MD\/PhD program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Vickery.TrinkausRandall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vickery Trinkaus-Randall<\/a><span>, PhD, professor of biochemistry &amp; cell biology, and ophthalmology, and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Steven.Borkan\">Steven Borkan<\/a><span>, MD, associate professor of medicine, who have received a multi-PI Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The $1.6 million award is the first received by BU for the MD\/PhD program. It will contribute to the training of at least four MD\/PhD students per year to become clinician scientists through research and clinical training opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Trinkaus-Randall and Borkan both serve as co-directors of the MD\/PhD program.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/trinkhaus-randall-and-borkan-receive-1-6m-t32-award-to-train-physician-scientists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the MSTP Award in the full Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine article, published here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read full article Congratulations to Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, professor of biochemistry &amp; cell biology, and ophthalmology, and\u00a0Steven Borkan, MD, associate professor of medicine, who have received a multi-PI Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\u00a0 The $1.6 million award is the first received by BU for the MD\/PhD program. 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